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📦 The Order : Weekly Aggregator Roundup - FY22 Amazon, Emerge, Mensa Brands

Feb 5, 2023

Happy Sunday,

Here’s a quick roundup of last week’s news :

Chart of the week:

Amazon’s Q4 & 2022 results were released this week

Access Amazon’s detailed announcement here.

In “Amazon didn’t grow in 2022” Marketplace Pulse featured:

No new rounds announced this week.

Canada: Emerge Commerce (TSXV: ECOM) posted prelim Q4 2022 results with record gross merchandising sales of 32-33M CAD (~24M USD) [PR Newswire]
India: Mensa Brands Posts INR 96.62 Cr Loss (~12M USD) In First Financial Year Of Operations, FY22 revenues at INR 217 Cr (~33M USD) [Inc42]

“Amazon launches new attack, Shopify well-armed to fight back” [Seeking Alpha]
“Amazon will take years to recover from a warehouse overbuilding binge during the pandemic. In 2022, it still added a third of Walmart's total capacity.” [Business Insider]
Becoming a gatekeeper in commerce: “Amazon’s Endgame” [The American Prospect]
“The 50 fashion, beauty, and lifestyle companies set to take off and become the next great direct-to-consumer brands, according to The Lead” [Business Insider]
The split between online and offline: “The everywhere retail” [Business Standard]
“From Amazon to tech startups, e-commerce takes on the TikTok-style feed” [Glossy]
“5 new retail store formats to watch in 2023” [CB Insights]
“Here’s a list of 148 bankruptcies in the retail apocalypse – and why they failed” [CB Insights]
🎖 “E-Commerce Retail Just Passed $1 Trillion For The First Time Ever” [Forbes]
eCommerce didn’t see a surge everywhere in 2022: “German ecommerce shrinks 5 percent” [eCommerce News]
🇨🇳 “Why Amazon's Marketplace Failed In China” [CNBC]
“China's JD.com to shut e-commerce sites in Indonesia, Thailand” [Reuters]

Make this week count 🙌

Christian